Thursday, February 2, 2023

Sovereignty of God (Theological and Historical Considerations)


Theological (Multiple Perspectives).



Gregory A. Boyd, Paul R. Eddy, Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology: Second Edition, [Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009], Chapter 2: The Providence Debate, pp. 32-46; Chapter 3: The Foreknowledge Debate, pp. 47-69.


James R. White, The Potter’s Freedom, [Amityville: Calvary Press Publishing, 2000].

Cf. Norman Geisler, Chosen But Free, [Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1999].


Michael Horton, For Calvinism, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011].

Cf. Roger E. Olson, Against Calvinism, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011].


Robert A. Peterson, Michael D. Williams, Why I am Not an Arminian, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2004]. 

Cf. Jerry L. Walls, Joseph R. Dongell, Why I am Not a Calvinist, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2004]. 

 

Dave Hunt, James White, Debating Calvinism: Five Points, Two Views, [Sisters: Multnomah, 2004].



Theological (Arminian/Wesleyan).



Roger E. Olson, Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities, [Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2006].


Clark H. Pinnock, gen. ed., The Grace of God, The Will of Man: A Case for Arminianism, [Grand Rapids: Academie Books, 1989]. See also: alternate edition.


Don Thorsen, Calvin vs. Wesley: Bringing Belief in Line with Practice, [Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2013].


Clark H. Pinnock, John D. Wagner, eds., Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation, [Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2015]. Preview.


W. Brian Shelton, Prevenient Grace, [Anderson: Francis Asbury Press, 2014]. 



Indefinite (Unlimited) Atonement (Arminian/Wesleyan).



John Goodwin, Redemption Redeemed, [London: Thomas Tegg, 1840].


Lawrence M. Vance, The Other Side of Calvinism, [Pensacola: Vance Publications, 1999].



The Freedom of the Will (Arminian/Wesleyan).



Desiderius Erasmus, On the Freedom of the Will; trans. The Library of Christian Classics: Volume XVIII: Luther and Erasmus: Free Will and Salvation, [Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1969], Erasmus: De Libero Arbitrio, trans. & ed. E. Gordon Rupp & A. N. Marlow, pp. 35ff.


Daniel D. Whedon, The Freedom of the Will: Third Edition, [New York: Carlton & Porter, 1864]. See also: books.google.com.



Theological (Augustinian/Calvinist).



John Piper, Providence, [Wheaton: Crossway, 2020].


Thomas R. Schreiner, Bruce A. Ware, eds., Still Sovereign: Contemporary Perspectives on Election, Foreknowledge & Grace, [Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000].


Loraine Boettner, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, [Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1932]. See also: ccel.org and monergism.com.


A. W. Pink, The Sovereignty of God, [Alachua: Bridge-Logos, 2008]. See also: ccel.org and monergism.com.


John Gill, The Cause of God and Truth: In Four Parts: With a Vindication of Part IV, [London: W. H. Collingridge 1855], Part IV, pp. 220ff. See also: archive.org (alternate), books.google.com, books.google.com (1838 edition) and monergism.com.


Carl R. Trueman, Grace Alone: Salvation as a Gift of God, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017]. Preview. 


R. C. Sproul, Chosen by God, [Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1986].


Michael Horton, Putting Amazing Back Into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel: Revised and Updated Edition, [Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2011].


Anthony A. Hoekema, Saved by Grace, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1989].


R. C. Sproul, Jr., ed., After Darkness, Light: Distinctives of Reformed Theology: Essays in Honor of R. C. Sproul, [Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing, 2003].


John Piper, The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23: Second Edition, [Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1993]. Preview.


Steven J. Lawson, Foundations of Grace: 1400 BC — AD 100: A Long Line of Godly Men, [Orlando: Reformation Trust, 2006].


David E. Alexander, Daniel M. Johnson, eds., Calvinism and the Problem of Evil, [Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2016]. Preview.


Compatibilism. 


D. A. Carson, Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: Biblical Perspectives in Tension, [Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981].


Gavin Ortlund, Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals, [Wheaton: Crossway, 2019], Chapter 4: Explorations in a Theological Metaphor: Boethius, Calvin, and Torrance on the Creator/Creation Distinction, pp. 89ff. Preview.


D. A. Carson, How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil: Second Edition, [Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006], Chapter 11: The Mystery of Providence, pp. 177ff.


D. A. Carson, A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and his Prayers, [Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2009], Chapter 9: A Sovereign and Personal God, pp. 145ff. See also: alternate edition.


Timothy Keller, Walking with God Through Pain & Suffering, [London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2015], Chapter Six: The Sovereignty of God, pp. 130ff.


John C. Wingard Jr., “Confession of a Reformed Philosopher: Why I Am a Compatibilist about Determinism and Moral Responsibility;” In: Themelios: Volume 42, Issue 2, August 2017, gen. ed. D. A. Carson, [Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2017], pp. 263-284. Preview. See also: thegospelcoalition.org.


Randall K. Johnson, “Christological Arguments for Compatibilism in Reformed Theology;” In: Themelios: Volume 48, Issue 1, April 2023, gen. ed. Brian Tabb, [Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2023], pp. 125-139. Preview. See also: thegospelcoalition.org.


Concursus (Primary/Secondary Causes).


John Piper, “Are There Two Wills In God?” In: Still Sovereign: Contemporary Perspectives on Election, Foreknowledge & Grace, eds., Thomas R. Schreiner, Bruce A. Ware, [Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000], p. 125 fn. 34.


Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, [Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994], 16.B, pp. 317-331.


Francis Turretin, Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Volume One, trans. George Musgrave Giger, ed. James T. Dennison, Jr., [Philipsburg: P&R Publishing, 1992], 6.5-6, pp. 505-515.


Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology: New Combined Edition, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1996], “Systematic Theology,” 1.6.C, pp. 171-175.


Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics: Volume 2: God and Creation, trans. John Vriend, ed. John Bolt, [Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004], §. 305, pp. 608-615.


Wilhelmus à Brakel, The Christian’s Reasonable Service: Volume 1: God, Man, and Christ, trans. Bartel Elshout, ed. Joel R. Beeke, [Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage, 1992], Chapter Eleven: The Providence of God, §. God is Not the Author of Sin, pp. 339-341. See also: monergism.com.


Michael Horton, The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010], 11.2.A, pp. 356-362. Preview.


Michael Horton, Pilgrim Theology: Core Doctrines for Christian Disciples, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012], 5.2, pp. 110-116.



Definite (Limited) Atonement (Augustinian/Calvinist).



John Owen, The Death of Death in the Death of Christ, [Edinburg: Robert Ogle and Oliver and Boyd, 1845]. See also: ccel.org and monergism.com.


David Gibson, Jonathan Gibson, eds., From Heaven He Came and Sought Her, [Wheaton: Crossway, 2013]. Preview.



The Bondage of the Will (Augustinian/Calvinist).



Augustine, A Treatise on Grace and Free Will; trans. Philip Schaff, ed., A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: Saint Augustin: Anti-Pelagian writings, [New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1908], pp. 443ff. See also: ccel.org and monergism.com.


Bernard of Clairvaux, On Grace and Free Choice, trans. Daniel O’Donovan, O.C.S.O., [Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1988].

Cf. Bernard of Clairvaux, Concerning Grace and Free Will, trans. Watkin W. Williams, [London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1920].


Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will, trans. J. I. Packer, O. R. Johnston, [Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 2000]. See also: ccel.org and monergism.com.


John Calvin, The Bondage and Liberation of the Will: A Defence of the Orthodox Doctrine of Human Choice Against Pighius, ed. A. N. S. Lane, trans. G. I. Davies, [Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1996]. Preview. 


Johnathan Edwards, Freedom of the Will, [Philadelphia: The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, 1908]. See also: ccel.org and monergism.com.


R. C. Sproul, Willing to Believe: The Controversy Over Free Will, [Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1987]. Preview.


Robert A. Peterson, Election and Free Will: God’s Gracious Choice and our Responsibility, [Philipsburg: P & R Publishing, 2007].



Historical (Augustinian/Calvinist).



John Gill, The Cause of God and Truth: In Four Parts: With a Vindication of Part IV, [London: W. H. Collingridge 1855], Part IV, pp. 220ff. See also: archive.org (alternate), books.google.com, books.google.com (1838 edition) and monergism.com.


Steven J. Lawson, Pillars of Grace: AD 100 — 1564: A Long Line of Godly Men, [Orlando: Reformation Trust, 2011].


N. R. Needham, The Triumph of Grace: Augustine’s Writings on Salvation, [London: Grace Publications Trust, 2000].

 

Carl R. Trueman, Grace Alone: Salvation as a Gift of God, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017], Chapters 2-6, pp. 51ff. Preview. 


John Piper, The Legacy of Sovereign Joy: God’s Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin, [Wheaton: Crossway, 2006].



καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν ~ Soli Deo Gloria


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